Financing and Stock Offerings

— Voya Financial Chairman and CEO Rodney O. Martin Jr. came to the company in 2011 at a critical time, just as it was about to separate from its former Dutch parent, ING Groep N.V., and venture out on its own.

The separation required a rebranding, an initial public offering of stock, a completely new balance sheet, and a strategy to compete with the likes of much larger competitors like Prudential Financial and MetLife. Voya, formerly ING U.S., employs about 2,000 people in Connecticut.

Martin, 62, joined ING U.S. in April 2011 after working at American International Group Inc., or AIG. Martin led the worldwide life insurance business at AIG and he was in charge of...

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